The 2750 people included 1900 individuals and families provided social housing since April and another 850 who were assisted to rent homes in the private market.
The people helped into social housing included more than 230 rough sleepers who spent time in temporary accommodation in hotels or motels before being found something more permanent.
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Another 300 rough sleepers remain in temporary accommodation,and should exit into social housing through the $36 million Together Home project announced at the end of June. That project will see the government and 19 community housing partners provide homes and support services for homeless people,in line with Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s goal to halve street sleeping by 2025.
Mr Ward said the NSW government planned to deliver 23,000 new or renovated social affordable private dwellings over the next 10 years,as well as the wraparound support services needed to address the underlying causes of homelessness.
There have been calls for the federal government to invest in social housing as part of its economic stimulus response,rather than programs such as HomeBuilder that benefit private home owners.